Aug. 6 -- If you saw a tornado coming your way tomorrow morning, chances are you'd have a very accurate memory of it, for a very long time. So why can't you remember where you parked your car? One of ...

A new study reveals that intentional memory control—deciding what to remember or forget—is more powerful than emotional influence when forming long-term memories.

Emotions and memories go hand in hand. Many researchers have reported that memories of emotional events are easier to recall than memories of everyday events, like what you had for breakfast two days ...

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea showed impaired emotional memory after one night of sleep, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Further, less time ...

Alzheimer's disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until ...

Imagine you’re watching a TED Talk live. The speaker you’ve been highly anticipating is a minute into the talk. What if, without warning, the speaker stopped talking and started crying? What would ...

You might recognize the word hippocampus even if you’re not a neurologist. The hippocampus has gained a reputation for storing the brain’s memories — but that’s not all it does. Learn more about this ...

We’ve all heard anecdotes about the “power of music” to reconnect us with moments from our pasts. You may have seen one of several viral YouTube videos of a patient with dementia hearing a piece of ...

Rose Garden in Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This has been edited for length and clarity. Justine Paradis: ...